A Haines City man arrested earlier this month in an online sex sting now faces charges involving the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl.

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HAINES CITY | A Haines City man arrested earlier this month in an online sex sting now faces charges involving the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl.

Javier Rosario Garcia, 48, was arrested by Haines City police Sunday on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation and is being held in the Polk County Jail with no bond, according to police.

Police said that on June 4, he was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff's Office during Operation Cyber Child, an undercover operation during which members of the Central Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task force posted fictitious ads or profiles on various websites posing as children or as custodians of children.

A police press release said Garcia was charged with traveling to meet a minor for sex, use of a communication device to seduce a child, use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer without violence. He posted bond and was released from Polk County Jail on June 6.

After his arrest, Haines City detectives received information that he was molesting a 7-year-old girl. The victim told detectives that Garcia had been touching her inappropriately for the past couple of years and he had threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the abuse, according to police.

Haines City detectives worked with prosecutors to get Garcia's bond revoked on the earlier charges. On Sunday, he was taken back into custody.